It has been almost 2 years since I last blogged. Folks have been commenting recently on my old blogs so I thought I would stop by and leave an update. I haven't been using Spark much recently. I have switched to Face Book. FB has a rich Plant Ba... Read more

Just dropping by to say, hi to my friends and team mates on the veggie forums.
I am too fatigued to write any more than that. I am reading my team posts and do respond from time to time, but my illness is not letting me do more than that ... Read more

Hooray, I just heard from Social Security Disability that my application was approved on the first try! This rarely happens. Most folks are denied several times and then have to go in front of a judge.
The sobering thought is that I am v... Read more

If you have been following my blog, you know that I have been making weekly visits to the Cleveland Clinic for IVs every Friday to try to help with the symptoms of a blood disorder. Well, I am done! My final scheduled IV was last Friday. It took... Read more

It has been a long month. When I last blogged I was beginning Lent with trying to give up unhealthy snacks for the 6 weeks between Lent and Easter. I did okay, but struggled along with good and bad days.
Right after I blogged the last time... Read more

Well it didn't take long for me to give up my Lenten Discipline. I began every day with good intentions but went to bed every night knowing that I wasn't successful. I have been feeling pretty ill these last few weeks and I have a hard time sta... Read more

Hi friends,
I can't believe that last time I blogged was in July of 2010.
It has been a tough seven months.
When last I posted I was bloated with medication and very ill. Not much has changed with my illness but I have finally b... Read more

This is going to be a long rant. So if you are not up to it you should leave my blog now...LOL
It has been a tough few months for me. I have been fighting several auto-immune conditions that are flaring. I am exhausted all of the time and... Read more

I was at Trader Joe's today, just wandering around looking at all of the vegan frozen foods. I noticed the Meatless Meatballs. The picture on the bag made them look so good. So I picked up a bag of the meatballs and a bag of Trader Joe's Mela... Read more

I read an article from the Colorado School of Public Health just released today by the American Journal of Epidemiology. The article talks about how supplementing vitamins in a effort to prevent cancer can prove to be more dangerous than helpfu... Read more

I read this blog that does a great job of explaining why adding fat when you cook adds fat to your butt! The blogger is a nutritionist/chef who adds no fat to his foods when he cooks. I will link his site at the end of this post.
Nutritio... Read more

I grilled today for the first time since last summer. Actually it was the first time I grilled since I gave up meat last year. During the winter, I would occasionally notice my grill sitting on my deck and wonder if I should give it away. In my ... Read more

I have been vegan for 11 months and I really haven't missed anything as far as food goes. I am happily eating all of my plant based breakfasts, lunches and dinners.
I am in a rut right now and searching for some new dishes. During the chi... Read more

I am planting a garden this year for the first time in years. When my children were little and we chose to live on only one income, I planted a vegetable garden to help with the food bill. It was so long ago I don't even remember what I planted.... Read more

I have had a lot of time on my hands lately so I have been reading other folks blogs here on Spark People. I have been searching exclusively for blogs by people who have been very successful in reaching and then maintaining their weight goals a... Read more